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50,000 more cars per day in our Community.
"Someone suffering a pollution-related deficit in lung function as a child will probably have less than healthy lungs all of his or her life"
 
40,000-More Trucks Per Day In Our Community.
 
Diesel Particulate Matter Is Responsible For 70% Of The State's Risk Of Cancer From Airborne Toxics.
 
Our Children's Future Is At Risk.
"Children who live near a major highway are not only more likely to develop asthma or other respiratory diseases, but their lung development may also be stunted."
 
YOU PAY FOR IT:
Tunnel Construction
11.8 Billion Dollars
PLUS THE SOCIAL &
THE HEALTH COSTS
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  City Impact
A significant increase in traffic will occur on the I-210 Freeway both north of the SR-134 Freeway and east of the I-710 Freeway. Southern California Association of Governments states specifically that 40,000 trucks will use the route Daily by the year 2025.
EAST PASADENA WEST PASADENA
Intersection Increase in Traffic
with 710		 Intersection Increase in Traffic
with 710
Orange Grove
@ Allen		 + 1,140.0% Orange Grove
@ Lake		 + 12.2%
Orange Grove
@ Los Robles		 + 29.8% Orange Grove
@ Los Robles		 + 29.8%
Washington
@ Lake		 + 39.1% Washington
@ Lake		 + 39.1%
Villa
@ Altadena		 + 206.6% Washington
@ Fair Oaks		 + 66.3%
Villa
@ Allen		 + 10.4%    
Villa
@ Los Robles		 + 72.4% Villa
@ Los Robles		 + 72.4%
The real purpose of the 710 Extension is to provide a relief valve for other freeways and a truck route from the ports. It does nothing for Pasadena.

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  Taxpayer Concerns

Recent transit improvements have made the highway unnecessary.

 

In 2003, Caltrans opened an $860 million light rail line that serves the corridor's commuter needs, and SR 710 would run parallel to the $2.2 billion Alameda Corridor, which serves freight movement from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

 

A non-highway alternative supported by national, state, and local groups would cost at least $1.2 billion less than SR 710 (at a cost of $135 million) and could be implemented within five years. This alternative integrates signal coordination, parking management, intersection upgrades, roadway efficiency improvements, improvements to existing highways, and better public transit coordination.

 

Building the proposed SR 710 would cost $11.8 Billion Dollars or more. The cities of El Sereno, South Pasadena, and Pasadena would lose property tax revenue because Caltrans would destroy 1,000 homes and businesses, reducing annual revenue for the area's school districts by $1.6 million.

 

California currently owns only half of the properties it would need to build the highway, and would have to spend $225 million to purchase additional properties.

 

If the project is cancelled, the state could sell the 500 properties it has acquired and reap $200 million or more and apply these funds to the region's more pressing transportation needs.

 

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